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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (19921)	3/12/2003 5:20:05 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Folks really should take the time to click the names of the countries these America-friendly dictators so harshly ruled over. home.iprimus.com.au Saddam is a dictator. We all agree. Is there any government in the Middle East that is not dictatorially-run? Whether we like this or not, the finger-pointing comes back to ourselves if but for any reason other than our insatious need for oil and the failure on the part of mostly Republican presidential administrations to fully fund, develop and implement alternative sources for fuel energy. There's a good reason why the phrase "friends don't let friends vote Republican," and the above noted issue is one of 'em!

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (19921)	3/12/2003 6:11:16 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

<< Robert, if I take your view on the Shah literally, it means he was okay because he was a U.S. ally. >> Naturally, I prefer regimes that are friends of America. What is your preference? OTOH, my view of the Shah is that he was an exceptional leader, who modernized Iran, allowing women many more rights than normal, for a middle eastern country. Religious minorities also had much more freedom, under the Shah. The Shah's worst policy, was his brutal political repression. But, after witnessing the hordes of ignorant, violent Middle Easterners, I don't blame the Shah for keeping the inmates at bay. << So if you think that's okay, then what it really does is punches a big hole in your argument; namely, that any government, no matter how corrupt or UNrepresentative, is still okay as long as it is pro U.S. >> Absurd. If the Shah was still the leader of Iraq, the Iraqis would be far better off today, and there would be more peace in the Middle East.